Daily Update: 6-24-11

Legislature:

FEMA again denies tornado aid for Virginia

Tyler Whitley

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia-politics/2011/jun/24/tdmet03-fema-again-denies-tornado-aid-for-virginia-ar-1129870/

  

Va. denied federal aid for tornado damage

Anita Kumar

The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/va-denied-federal-aid-for-tornado-damage/2011/06/23/AGHn4phH_blog.html

Virginia BioTechnology Research Park seeks state help

Tyler Whitley

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia-politics/2011/jun/24/tdbiz01-virginia-biotechnology-research-park-seeks-ar-1129895/

  

Cantor pulls out of deficit-reduction talks with Biden

Olympia Meola

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia-politics/2011/jun/24/tdmain01-cantor-pulls-out-of-deficit-reduction-tal-ar-1129913/

Attorney General: 

Cuccinelli goes after another federal regulation

Paige Winfield Cunningham

The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/23/cuccinelli-goes-after-another-federal-regulation/

Politics/Elections: 

Cline combines re-election announcement with manufacturing tour

Bob Stuart

The News Virginian

http://www2.newsvirginian.com/news/wnv-news/2011/jun/22/cline-combines-re-election-announcement-manufactur-ar-1124789/

Children/Education:

Virginia textbook-approval guidelines proposed

Hattie Brown Garrow

The Virginian-Pilot

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/virginia-textbookapproval-guidelines-proposed

  

For Va.’s proposed teacher merit-pay program, few hands in the air

Kevin Sieff

The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/for-vas-proposed-teacher-merit-pay-program-few-hands-in-the-air/2011/06/22/AGzsZVgH_story.html

Education experiments launched from Va facility

The News Leader

http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=newsleader&sParam=36796675.story\

  

Slaying prompts Scott to refile campus safety bill

Bill Sizemore

The Virginian-Pilot

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/slaying-prompts-scott-refile-campus-safety-bill

  

Bobby Scott introduces campus safety bill in response to ODU student's death

Austin Bogues

The Daily Press

http://www.dailypress.com/news/politics/dp-nws-scott-safety-bill-20110625,0,3576979.story

Transportation: 

Drivers skirt toll hike on Chesapeake Expressway to Outer Banks

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia-politics/2011/jun/24/drivers-skirt-toll-hike-chesapeake-expressway-oute-ar-1130778/

Editorials: 

Debt ceiling: Through the roof

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2011/jun/24/tdopin01-through-the-roof-ar-1129465/

  

Early failure for testing teachers

The Virginian-Pilot

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/early-failure-testing-teachers

  

Uranium mining lesson

The Daily Press

http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-edt-uranium-editorial-20110623,0,3657470.story